The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1887-05-26

from the reservoir Of his own super
sative wisdom
Not every man, of course, is sub
lect to this criticism, but most are.
You and |, for instance, don't think
it applies in the least to US. Well,
only Heaven-and our neighbors-
can tell.
:. Sometimes, even, am ashamed
to admit, he actually begrudges any
special knowledge he may happen to
possess upon any subject and hest
tates to lmpart it gratuitously to his
fellow men, preferring to reason to
himself as long as possible its mon
opoly.
,. Even whore there is total
absence Of egotism and he is suffi-
GENTLY conscious of a want of infor-
nation, the 'penny-wise policy
creeps in and he permits alleged
want OF time" to prevent his at
tendance. Knowing his ignorance
and honestly desiring Improvement.
so little faith has he in the actual
money value" to be desired by at
tending his club meeting, that he hest
tates at the last moment and re-
mains at home to save the fifty cents
1t would have to cost him to hire a
negro to ''strew guano' in his place.
and perhaps thereby misses some
item of information that would be
worth ten times that sum in the fu-
ture.
And yet his same economist will
, probably hunt the woods the whole
of the next week to recover two
dollar shote
For these three reasons, then, is it
difficult to impress the farmer with
the Importance of attending the
meetings of his society. even where
such society is in existence. Doub-
ly difficult does it become, for the
same reasons, to induce him to or
ganize new ones. Believing, how
ever, that they can be gradually over
come if he can be brought to un-
derstand wherein his true interest
lies, let US take up and discuss these
points separately
|. His self conceit. This is the
result altogether of ignorance and
the destruction of objection No. |.
here take the liberty of extending
to every renter in Cobb county in be-
half of this central organization and
in the name of every existing local
club, an earnest and cordial invita-
ton to unite himself with his nearest
local club and make part and parcel
of our fellowship.
?. We need not counsel together
to over-rule objection No. 2. If
there are men in this country suffi-
GENTLY mean to wish to monopolize
their knowledge-why let them
that's all. We want none of them.
3. The third objection is more Sc
riOus--it is more difficult to dem
onstrate practically to man the ac-
tual money value of organization,
and upon this hinges the whole ques-
ton as to how our system should
be altered to produce the desired
maximum of benefit.
If, however, we succeed in discov-
ering and adopting a course that will
rivet the attention and engage the
self-interest of ever farmer, satisfy
ing him chat organization will pay
him and pay him we'll, we will att
once cement his devotion and secure
his lasting effort in its behalf, thus
eAectually overcoming objection
three.
This, admit is difficult to do.
Necessarily, it it were possible to
successfully combine for the purpose
of cooperation in the purchase of
supplies aud especially of fertilizers,
the question would be at once prac-
tically solved. This, however, we
have, unfortunately, in the light of
past experience found to be almost
impossible. Our own experience in
the matter of fertilizers is fresh in
our memory. Our failure is due to
many things principally, however, to
the fact that we are one and all, with
rare exceptions in a condition Of
complete financial slavery. We be-
long to the merchant and factor body
and soul, and almost every one is
owned by different master. Hence,
when it comes to matter of combi-
nation, each one is putting a differ
ent way, and each one in the inter-
est of his respective owner.
mean to cast no slur upon the
merchants of this county. Most Of
them are very clever masters, and
our state of bondage is perhaps made
as pleasant tor us as any state of bond
age can well be, hut the clank of the
chain Is there after all
1t is not the merchants fault that
this is 50. He must live as we'll as
We Whose fault is it then? This
inquiry brings us TO the deepest gulf
and the one most difficult to faith
ON in the whole of political economy
to the very essence and core of
question that has baaled the wisest
and broadcast statesman OF every
country ana III every age. Why
does the great bulk of every nation
endure relentless financial thrall-
dom
1t may seem presumptuous to at
tempt an answer. Frequently over
production is alleged as the cause.
This is untrue. There is no such
thing as Decentralization nut thare
is such thing as Under-consump-
tion--and that is the devil that now
has this country by the throat
There is also such thing as Waste
fulness and such thing as Econo-
my and such thing, too, as Misap-
piled Economy,
Now let us put these terms togeth-
err and we find that our farmers and
mechanics-ou laboring class, the
great bulk of the Producers are kept
poor by